One hundred years after she co-founded United Artists, the festival — at its first-ever tribute gala — teams with MGM to honor the trailblazing star's push for equality by toasting French filmmaker Mati Diop.
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The company, founded in 1919 by Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith and Douglas Fairbanks , was revolutionary in providing a home for creators to distribute their own films. The document also points to the incredible power Pickford wielded as the most popular actress in the world — she was alternately known as the Girl With the Curls, America's Sweetheart and Queen of the Movies — and her determination to use her clout offscreen.
"I like to say that Mary Pickford has been disrupting Hollywood since 1919," says documentarian Cari Beauchamp, resident scholar at the Mary Pickford Foundation. "Women were much more prevalent then because the industry wasn't taken seriously. It wasn't until Wall Street entered the fray in the late '20s with talkies that women were pushed out. It would mean the world to her to know her name was still an inspiration to women.
"This new award represents the pride we have for the 100-year legacy of UA, but it also represents outstanding females who may not be completely known in the world arena," says Jonathan Glickman, president of MGM's motion picture group. "This isn't an award for the most successful female directors or actresses. It's about people who represent the desire to disrupt and who don't necessarily fit into a specific category. Mati Diop's work felt ideal.
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